¡Sí Se Puede! Living Like A Local

Hello! Our names are Zoie and Claire, and we were the Lideres del Dia today for our Living Like a Local day. Today, we were not afforded the privilege of using electricity as we do every day at home. This meant using a bucket of water in order to shower or using a...

Aid and Development Day!!

Hi, we’re Baylee and Camille, and we were the leaders of today. We were the first students to be Lider Del Dia, and we both did an amazing job. The biggest part of our day was traveling to the Federation of Farmers Camp (Federacion de Campesinos Hacia el Progreso) and...

Culture Day

Hola! Today we had a fantastic time celebrating Culture Day. Last night Nacelí passed the torch as Líder del Día (LDD) to Ashley and Devin. Tomorrow will be the first day that our Global Glimpsers will be acting as LDD, so look forward to the next blog post! We...

DR First Impressions!

On our first official day in the Dominican Republic we were excited to discover this new world opening before our eyes, to start our day we woke up to a very nice breakfast that included locally grown melon and after washing the dishes we had the opportunity to...

Arrival Day!

Today, 25 students along with 3 Global Glimpse Leaders successfully stepped foot in the Dominican Republic!!! After having already received three wonderful delegations, we are so excited to finish the summer strong with our first Chicago delegation. It’s already been...